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Adjectives and adverbs [[electronic resource] ] : syntax, semantics, and discourse / / edited by Louise McNally and Christopher Kennedy



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Titolo: Adjectives and adverbs [[electronic resource] ] : syntax, semantics, and discourse / / edited by Louise McNally and Christopher Kennedy Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (372 p.)
Disciplina: 415/.5
Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Adjective
Grammar, Comparative and general - Adverb
Semantics
Pragmatics
Grammar, Comparative and general - Syntax
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: McNallyLouise <1965->  
KennedyChristopher <1967->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-349) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; General Preface; Acknowledgments; Figures and Tables; The Authors; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The position of adjectives and other phrasal modifiers in the decomposition of DP; 3. Ezafe and the deep position of nominal modifiers; 4. Meaning-form correlations and adjective position in Spanish; 5. Nonrestrictive modifiers in non-parenthetical positions; 6. Adjectives and degree modification; 7. Measure of change: The adjectival core of degree achievements; 8. Aspectual composition with degrees; 9. Manner modification of state verbs
10. Towards flexible types with constraints for manner and factive adverbs11. Lexical semantics and pragmatics of evaluative adverbs; 12. Discourse adjectives; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This book brings together research on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs. It integrates lexical and compositional semantics and provides a full account of the structural and interpretive properties of adjectives and adverbs. It will interest students in linguistics and philosophy at graduate level and above. - ;In this volume leading researchers present new work on the semantics and pragmatics of adjectives and adverbs, and their interfaces with syntax. Its concerns include the semantics of gradability; the relationship between adjectival scales and verbal aspect; the relat
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ISBN: 1-281-34149-5
9786611341497
0-19-152636-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910451430303321
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Serie: Oxford linguistics. Oxford studies in theoretical linguistics ; ; 19.